Truck drivers
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Insurance & Risk Management
Building a culture where trucking fleets consciously address driver plight
Truck driving is one of the most stressful jobs in the economy, and it is vital for trucking fleets to…
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Driver issues
Lack of qualified truck drivers being felt across U.S.-Mexico border region
Drivers of 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, delivery trucks, freight trucks and tanker trucks hauled more than $671 billion in goods across the…
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Business
Texas school receives $1.1 million in state funding for its truck driving academy
The Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) recently received $1.1 million in state funding for its professional Truck Driving Academy, aiming…
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News
TuSimple and Pima Community College launch first-ever AV certificate program for truck drivers
The first-ever AV certificate program for truck drivers comes as the industry seeks to allay concerns about technology displacing human…
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Driver issues
In Mexico, officials prioritize safeguarding high-crime highways
The highways of Mexico continue to be risky for truckers as cargo thefts rose 6 percent for the first four…
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Trucking
FourKites meshes historical and real-time data for proactive management tool
Weather can cause significant delays to freight. FourKites is trying to help solve that by adding real-time management to its…
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Trucking
Today’s Pickup: Kenworth adds remote diagnostics to medium-duty trucks; Trucking Conditions Index falls
Good day, Truck makers have been insisting that medium-duty truck owners are starting to look for the same type of…
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Driver issues
Settlement in long-running truck lease lawsuit against C.R. England set for final approval
A long-running lawsuit over leased vehicles appears to be reaching its conclusion. The lawsuit, Roberts, et al. v. C.R. England,…
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Trucking
Alabama flatbed carrier suddenly closes its doors
For the second time in less than a week, a trucking carrier has shut its doors with no advanced warning.
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Equipment
J.B. Hunt opens Mexico sales office; honors 53 drivers for driving at least 2 million safe miles
J.B. Hunt Transport has consolidated its sales, operations and customer support functions for its Mexican subsidiary in a new office…
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